Rachel Christine Nelson
I’m still not sure how I became an artist. It was a process to discover that I was, and it continues to be something I come to terms with. At my very darkest moments, it is the one thing that I know that I want to do when everything else seems confusing. I tried to deny it for a long time; blowing it off because I thought it should be left to ones with talent. I could not see that in myself. But it kept creeping back in; I had dreams about painting, dreams that my paintings were covering walls of museums. It eventually became undeniable. So here I am. I have many philosophies, in fact, creating philosophies about life through my process of art-making is one of my favorite things to do. Making art is engaging with life first-hand. You are faced with real dilemmas, decisions, as well as revelations. One might think this is ridiculous, how could it be that serious? It is what life is. However you perceive life to be.